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A dad and daughter were left speechless after their beloved moggy turned up on their doorstep after going missing FIVE years earlier.

Caroline Buckley and her father Peter, from Halifax, were staying temporarily with family in Bradford while they moved house five years ago this month.

Caroline and Peter let their two cats - Tinkerbell and Bobby - out into the garden during their brief stay. However, on one occasion the cats were let out but did not return.

The family continued with the move and have moved once more to Northowram during the five years - but crucially each time they updated the cats' microchip details.

This meant that when Tinkerbell was found by RSPCA inspector Emma Ellis on January 11, she was able to see immediately that the cat had been reported lost.

She got in touch with Caroline - and Tinkerbell was reunited with her overjoyed family the very same day!

Tinkerbell had been found living in a greenhouse in a garden in the BD10 area - astonishingly just a few metres from where she had originally gone missing.

Caroline said: "We never gave up hope for Tinkerbell. At the time I made posters and put them out in Bradford and Halifax and posted pictures of her on Facebook. and We’d also visit our old home to see if she had returned there.

"The second time we moved I made sure I updated her details again although we were losing hope by this point but I am so glad I did.

"When we got the call from Emma I was speechless. I told my Dad and he just burst into tears, we couldn’t believe it - we wanted her back straight away.

Bobby the cat who is still missing (Image: RSPCA)

"She sits on my Dad’s knee now as though she has never been away - although I think it’ll be a while before we let her out!

"It has renewed our hope that we might be reunited with Bobby too as he is still missing. He is a very distinctive cat so we just hope someone in the local area might recognise him."

Inspector Ellis said: "I’m so glad to have been part of this happy story - and it just shows how important those microchips are.

"Tinkerbell was in great condition and a good weight so I suspect someone may have been feeding her during her adventures, but it’s lovely to see her back where she belongs."